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hey small town fam, it's Yardley. How are you guys? Where are you guys? Wherever you are,

I'm so happy that you're here with me right here, right now. I am also overjoyed to tell you that we have

Detective Bree front and center today.

So if you're all caught up on Small Town Dix episodes, you'll remember that Bree gave us a case

at the beginning of this season that we called Superstar.

And I called it that because she is one, and so was the victim in that case. In today's

episode, a woman is raped by a man who's right in her backyard. This man is out on parole,

despite having a lengthy criminal record for a litany of violent crimes, and the victim is terrified

to come forward and report the sexual assault, you'll hear the reasons why. You'll also hear about a

myriad of constraints put in place by the justice system that hamstring brie and make it open season on the victim when her case goes to trial.

And you'll hear my frustration as I try to wrap my head around that,

even when there's mounds of evidence to support a violent, gritty description of the suspect's character.

But all of that is inadmissible

because it's determined in a suppression hearing

that those details could prejudice the jury against the accused.

Meanwhile, it's okay to call the victim a liar

and shame her despite a solid police investigation

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